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Members:
Brian Molko

Formed: 1994

iSound Site: www.isound.com/placebo

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Biography

Placebo is:

Brain Molko- guitarist/vocals

Stefan Olsdal- bass

Steve Hewitt- drums

Placebo by Brian and Stefan in 1994, London, England. Brian is part Scottish and American, but was raised in Britain. Stefan was origionly from Sweeden. The two did not officially meet until 1994 at a Burger King. They formed a band, but needed a drummer. So they went and found, Steve Hewitt, and Robert Schultzberg to be their two drummers. Although Molko and Olsdal wanted Hewitt to be their main drummer, Steve wanted to go back to one of his previous bands called Breed. So now their one and only drummer was Robert. After all that was taken care of, Placebo signed a contract with Caroline Records. They then relesed their first album in 1996. The self-titled album was a huge hit in UK. The singles, \"Nancy Boy,\" and, \"Bruise Pristine,\" were also huge hits.

But even though they were sucessful right away, Robert felt as if he needed to leave the band. Luckly by that time, Brian had convinced Steve Hewitt to come back and drum for Placebo. His first gig with the band turned out to be a great one. It was at a major fan\'s house named David Bowie. BOwie personally invited them to come play at his 50th birthday bash in 1997. The next year in 1998, Placebo switched to Virgin Records. They then relesed, \"Without You, I\'m Nothing,\" in November. By now they were starting to get more known in the US. MTV helped on that one, they loved Placebo\'s song, \"Pure Morning.\"

In spring, 2003, they relesed, \"Sleeping With Ghosts,\" another big hit.

Infomation about the members:

Brian Molko

Brian was born on December 10, 1972 in Luxembourg. He had his first sexual expierence at the young age of 14 with a girl also 14. When he was 16, he had his first bisexual expierence with a guy. In high school, he was a fag and when he went into arts, it didn\'t help his reputation at all! He is currently bisexual.

Stefan Olsdal

Stefan was born on March 31, 1974. He is nationally Sweedish. He began playing drums in the school orchestra, but relized he would rather be in a band. Unlike Brian, he was a sporty-jock and was very popular. He soon got into playing bass and at the same time piano. He also grew up in Luxembourg.

Steve Hewitt

Steve was born on March 22, 1971. His nationality is Manchester, UK. He is the drummer in Placebo. He has been in many different bands such as, Electric Crayons, K-Klass, Mystic Deckchairs, The Boo Radlys, and Breed. At age 26, he had a pregnant girlfriend and needed a job. So he became a truck driver. He found out he couldn\'t function without playing. So he joined Placebo once again. He is the only member who is fully homosexual.

Bio written by: blackrain13

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
arent there any placebo fans out there??? i mean come on people!!! they rock and these boards are like fucking dead!!!!!	blackrain13

Replys	Listener
hello??	blackrain13
these boards are fucking dead and i hate this!!!! y arent there any fans jeez!!!!!!!	blackrain13
THE CHEESE IS BOILING THE CHEESE IS BOILING WHAT AM I GOING TO DO????	blackrain13
oh well.....i guess im the only real fan here...........	blackrain13
I'm also sort of a big fan of Placebo... hehehe whew... i love me some burger queen and nobody's reviewed it on here... something's wrong... time to get to work on this Placebo board...	chrisgregory
lol	blackrain13
HEY!!! i love placebo too! ur not the only one! fret no more and please dont die	thescarletretribution
yay im not the only 1 yay!!!! there are other people that dont think placebo is a fucking poser band!!	blackrain13
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII FUCKINGGGGGGGGGGG LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE PLAAAACEEEEEEEEEEBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO thankyou please	Ready_For_Drowning
i like that song thats in cruel intentions "every you and every me".. ne other songs you would reccomend??	punk-princess55
this picture and running up that hill	blackrain13
I'm sorry.... Relax Blackrain13 I love them to an extreme, but i'm new here. I thoroughly enjoy listening to them, especially sons like the Bitter End	bucketheader
Hey, you´re not alone! I´M A FUCKING BIG FAN OF THEM!	white_eagle
Hm. I'm new here so I have not been on the Placebo boards till now, but I Looooooove Placebo. Uh what do people normally talk about on the boards?	SyntheticxDreams
shit	blackrain13
i mostly complain on the boards. anyways, placebo is awesome (im basing this on the songs ive heard, i know nothing about who they are or anything, so i dont know whyd theyd be called a poser band or whatever theh one guy said some people call em... whew). yup.. awesome..	xzar
Placebo Placebo Placebo. ::listening to Protege Moi at the moment, wondering why there are no fans here::	SyntheticxDreams
this is an ultimate band of all time, great sound....	bucketheader
Hey I'm new here and I like Placebo too! Does anyone know of anywhere where there's like a guitar tab of protege moi? I absolutely love that song and I'd like to be able to play it, but it's really hard for me to come up with the chords and whatnot...anyways I'm ramblin' so have a great night folks!	purplecowlauren
you could try going to google and typing in guitar tabs and then click a site and look for placebo....if that doesnt work type in exactly what you want and see if anything comes up	blackrain13
I´m from Mexico. here, Placebo it´s like... WOW! Placebo loves Mexico	white_eagle
haha awesome	blackrain13
I love them sooo much. Mr Molko is veery hot. Carve your name into my arm, instead of stressed I lie here charmed.	queen_manson
blah!!! i dont think any of them are hot but they make awesome music	blackrain13
placebo fucking rule who can hate em i dont know im a big fan why the fuck do you all hate him	Creeping
Yayyy placebo!! When are they coming to England again!?!?!?! *cries	kissxmyxblood
yea plabo rule thay are my favorite band ever the song i hatesorry to say is change your taste in men i hate that song lol	Creeping
yay ders loads of placebo fans!! its a pity wer all so slow in talkin!! i jus bought dvd of once more with feelings, its fkn gr8 but video of nancy boy is a big let down!! however pure morning is soo good it makes up 4 it, also a pity bout david bowie in the middle of it. lol	mikeal
how can u hate that song its gr8, to all u placebo fans out there dnt watch nancy boy video, it really is dissapointing. im soz but its the truth,person who choriographed + directed it shud be shot for ruining such a good song	mikeal
well change your tast in men dose annoye me i like all of his othier songs insept for that one its buggs me its really saying we are all gay lol	Creeping
well what we should do if we all lived in the same area is like have a placebo meeting lol that would a fucking sweet man to placebo fans you all rule or rock	Creeping
rah I like the vid for black eyed.. i bought a dvd the other day too. In one of them molko looks really fat under water =( Rah [heart] placebo *dances	kissxmyxblood
lol i got all the movies of the music but my dvd player dont work so im fucking annoyed say yea for placebo YEA!!!!!!!!!	Creeping
wtf some fans if you were big fans you would be still here speaking to uss sorry blackrain	Creeping
i agree	seethta
hey i'm new here. where are u people from?	seethta
sorry creeping i have been away!! and yes black eyed is a great video!! however watch out for the sneaky norn shot!! they guy is completly naked with the fire extinguisher!! sounds rong both watch out for it!! lol. stil a kick ass song!! agree with the placebo meeting ideas however living in northern ireland may prove difficult to travel!! lol chat 2 ya soon!	mikeal
kiss~ ru talking about the one 36 degrees? cause i agree there but its still a great song and video!!	mikeal
I am a Placebo fan i appologise for not being on the boards but i'll always love this band.All my respect to the fans also.	Saint_Death
I like Placebo and I am sorry that I don't post more on the boards.....	Fall_Used_Romance27
nice to know we have some big fans!!!	blackrain13
when watching the videos make sure you watch the ones from a guy called howard someone cause he tends to include some really weird shot including a little porn which has managed to slipped past the sensores!! lmao go him!	mikeal
Placebo fan safe and sound here, im a always love these guys i really hope they wont quit making music	Saint_Death
Another plaebo fan counted here :) dont worry there are plenty around :)	fire-dragon666
another placebo fan here. i still need to go get their latest cd.	poisongirl18
hehehe oh no we cant have that hehe hurry its a good one :)	fire-dragon666
Placebo is amazing yes, but I dont think they would want there fans showing there love for the music in bad grammer and mispelled words. Post blue is an amazing song, better that the rest, but meds is also pretty good.	ENVEE
i love placebo. im sooo mad that i cant see them this sunday.	poisongirl18
heeeey who wrote that biography? its so inaccurate and stefan olsdal and steve hewitt are mixed up, daaaamn youuu!!! mm anyway placebo is the best. best song would be bionic. and their self titled album is possibly the best in my opinion. darn steve for leaving placebo. i'd hit him in the teeth	emoette
did anyone else shatter at the departure of steve hewitt? boo-urns	emoette